SBIR/STTR Research Award
METHANOL AS A HEAT-SINK FOR HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT
Award amount
$49,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- United Dynamics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- P97ZQV9SQQ54
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
HYPERSONIC FLIGHT REQUIRES COOLING OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AIRFOILS AND INTERNAL ENGINE PARTS. THIS COOLING CAN BE PROVIDED BY ENDOTHERMIC FUEL REACTIONS. METHANOL DISSOCIATION CAN PROVIDE MORE HEAT SINK CAPACITY THAN PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED REACTIONS SUCH AS THE DEHYDROGENATION OF METHYLCYCLOHEXANE. METHANOL DECOMPOSITION CATALYSTS WILL BE PREPARED THAT HAVE HIGH ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY TO METHANOL DECOMPOSITION, HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY AND HIGH MECHANICALSTRENGTH. THESE CATALYSTS WILL BE TESTED IN A PLUG FLOW MICROCATALYTIC REACTOR. DATA FROM THE TESTS WILL BE USED TO PERFORM A SYSTEMSANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE MISSION BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE DISSOCIATEDMETHANOL HEAT SINK TO HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Next Generation, High Temperature Chip-Based UV and IR Sensors
- Acoustic noise reduction for large aircraft
- Not Available
- Rapid Low-Cost Manufacturing Techniques for Filament Wound Composite Structures
- Embedded Fiber Optic Sensors for Filament Wound Composite Structures
Research funding history
41 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2004). Reported award amounts total $7,929,595. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy